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How was the Compromise of 1850 different from the Missouri Compromise? A. It mostly ignored slavery to focus on other issues. B. It admitted a new state that banned slavery into the union. C. It greatly benefited the North at the expense of the South. D. It allowed new states to vote on whether to allow slavery.

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How was the Compromise of 1850 different from the Missouri Compromise? A. It mostly ignored slavery to focus on other issues. B. It admitted a new state that banned slavery into the union. C. It greatly benefited the North at the expense of the South. D. It allowed new states to vote on whether to allow slavery.

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The Compromise of 1850 was different from the Missouri Compromise primarily because of option D. It allowed new states to vote on whether to allow slavery. This principle is known as "popular sovereignty". The Missouri Compromise, on the other hand, was a federal law passed in 1820 that prohibited slavery in the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase territory and allowed it in the southern part. So, the main difference between the two is how they dealt with the issue of slavery in new territories and states.

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